we need to protect their environment. we have a strict quarantine system to protect the integrity of the environment. forty years on, it's still a class-a nature reserve. it's our job to look after them. ...it's my job to look after it. ♪ >>> welcome back to the second half of "outfront." we start with stories we care about where we focus on our reporting from the front lines and tonight, we begin with the department of justice. it's filed a civil lawsuit against the ratings agency standard and poor's saying that s&p misled investors. here's what the suit alleges. it says s&p gave high ratings marks to investments that were tied to subprime mortgages and that made them appear a lot safer than they actually were. many believe securities that ultimately went sour like those helped trigger the financial crisis. s&p says the suit is entirely without factual or legal merit but i want to emphasize, this is the first major case brought by the government against the big ratings agencies and it's only a civil suit. the financial